Muk'ta osil, Big Earth, Our land nailed between(among) green mountains and mountainous countries, Singing of multicolored birds is interwoven with the spring wind; there Our house was remolten, done of tejamanil, walls of tables Grosses, wrapped(involved) in the aroma of wild flowers. Recognized as the family Of the old religious, humblest cargo-boat of the huixtecos, but of Heart full of enthusiasm and happiness; a large family counting To my little brother Miguel, the smallest, It (He, She) was doing two weeks They baptized it in the temple of San Miguel Archangel, in the ceremonial center Of the people(village), still(yet) His (Its) Ch'ulel was coming to him(her).

On Tuesday and Thursday they are days Sacred, the doors of the world are opened. On a Thursday my dad It (He, She) returned from His (Its) work to the half day, I take off, with white shirt, Trousers of blanket stained with land, dirty, like that hair was obvious more His (Its) adult age. he (she) found my mom weaving and he (she) said to him(her):

- It (He, She) hears, woman! When iremos To Jobel, to buy the chile, the salt and the things that already we do not have?

My mom, very entertaining Weaving Miguelito's sarape, one scared on having listened to the voice of His (Its) husband, It (He, She) stopped weaving, rolled over to seeing it and answered him(her):

– Since I do not know ... but you I have said that already we do not have anything!

– Such what if we go tomorrow, This way we rest the day after tomorrow!

My mom smiled, It (He, She) untied the telar of His (Its) waist, coiled and answered it:

– Sigh, man ... but if do not do made Your load to go! When you are going to prepare her?

– Right now I can do her(it), if you want To go!

– Well, It (He, She) is nice, we go Of once, do your load and I am going to see what more is to go And then you help me to seize the chickens.

This way they put in agreement My parents to travel to the Jobel's great city.

My dad was obvious worried, Whistling sones since the musicians touch in the houses of the ensigns In the people(village); It (He, She) was for nets and costales emptinesses and the plastic some Old men, It (He, She) stretched them in the middle of the court, immediately It (He, She) brought two costales abundances Of wheat, the only crop that we had guarded in the year, The embrocó on the plastic ones. The chickens were bringing over to meet The wheat.

-Ux, ux, ux, ux, ¡ they go out blessed Chickens, It (He, She) is not for you this wheat, is to sell it! Pedro, what You are doing?, It (He, She) extracts the chickens of here – It (He, She) ordered(arranged) me my Dad.

My dad measured His (Its) grain, sheet of paper after sheet of paper, until a costal of wheat fits. It (He, She) prepared Another smaller costal, only had two liters. In these moments the late afternoon was falling down, the Sun was hiding itself between(among) the mountains; My sisters María and It (He, She) Was Shining they had come with his (its, her) animals Of the shepherding. After preparing His (Its) load my dad disappeared Awhile, It (He, She) went to the well to bath(bathe). My mom, purified and angry was doing Tortillas, his (its, her) eyes lagrimeaban therefore smoke on not having burned the fuelwood, It (He, She) grumbled To my sisters:

– Maria, what faeces, It (He, She) brings dry fuelwood, this one is green; you It (He, She) Was Shining, It (He, She) takes hold put for moler the pozol – the two started helping my mother.

The chickens approached to her(it) House seeking to sleep where. My mom stopped doing her(it) Food. My fresh and clean dad returned.

– You are going to take hold of once your chickens? – he (she) asked.

-Agarralos with your daughters, still(yet) I have to do what, right now I say to them cúales they are – while It (He, She) was walking To the tree of small peach where the chickens sleep.

– with three that we take It (He, She) is Well, truth?

– yes, It (He, She) is nice because We are not going to be able to go any more, our load weighs - my dad said. My mom looked at a rooster climbed in the tree of small peach and It (He, She) indicated it.

– also these two hens Old women, because they are very comelonas of milpa – and It (He, She) was indicating two fat hens That wanted to rise to the tree. I felt sadly my heart, Also my sisters for whom we would never return to see to our(ours) Rooster of that so much time we had taken care in order that It (He, She) was growing big, not We wanted to seize it, it(he) was felt sorry for to me.

-Apúrense bucks, us It (He, She) goes to do more in the night, we are not going to see in where they hide – he (she) said My dad.

I saw my seated mom In the middle of the court with a big pot, counting(telling) one for one the eggs that It (He, She) had joined to sell them, was tying them with the doblador.

To the fat hens we seize them Rapid; the rooster gargantón flew It (He, She) was doing below(down) and It (He, She) went out Running, It (He, She) seemed to know His (Its) destiny: to fatten the mean gentlemen. It (He, She) was shining It (He, She) struck its straight foot and It (He, She) was bleeding. My tired dad And I am a nuisance, It (He, She) called to Lopez, the dog that we had. This way, Between(Among) Lopez, Maria, Was Shining and my dad in awhile we take hold To the blessed rooster.

The darkness was invading Quite, my parents stopped arranging the load. Later we join To the shore of the burner, almost all contentments to sup on bean with tortillas Soft and atol I embitter. Very troublesome, It (He, She) did not know how to say to them to my Parents who wanted to travel and to know Jobel, on the verge of coming untied In weeping, my dad said to me:

-Apúrate to having dinner, already we go To sleeping, you do not think that we are going to take you, you are not going to be able to come, ¿ you believe(create) that It (He, She) is closely together so(then), the Jobel? Besides we will not be able to take care of you, we have Many load.

- I began to scream. To my I caused dad a pity, it(he) remained awhile thoughtful, Then he (she) said:

– It (He, She) has dinner so(then), buck, you we go To going. Ah, but if you cannot walk we are going to leave you wire drawing, or you remain since (as) young boy of the half-caste ones on having listened to these words I was glad, I stopped having dinner very satisfied.

My sister María, her(it) more Grandecita he (she) asked:

-Papi, when they return? What they are going to bring us for us, clothes, toys, fruits or what?– I believe that my dad did not listen.

This night we rest a bit More early. The load remained ready(clever) in the corridor of the old woman House.

We get up at two o'clock of The dawn. Almost I did not sleep for the emotion of knowing the great one City. My mom got up first to prepare coffee and Pozol. After drinking something, my dad joined a bunch of Ocotes, he (she) ignited and said them:

-Vámonos, that God us bendiga– We go out of the house, already out, my dad recommended my sisters:

– Maria, they take care to the animals, They do not go to pelearse, him(her) they give of eating to the chickens, we return in the evening – my Mom stressed the same thing.

Between(Among) forests and mountainous countries, Scarcely we saw the way with the fire of the ocote that was bringing my Dad; for me everything was a happiness, was listening to the words Of my parents, on having returned they would possess(rely on) some cents and the things That gave motive to the trip.

I was walking in front of my father, Without feeling the cold for the emotion, I take off, illuminating my suit Target, chuj grey and my red strip. My dad His (Its) costal of Wheat in the back, next to His (Its) chest(breast) was hanging the net of the pozol and on His (Its) other one(another,different) Arm both hens. My mom with His (Its) blouse and muffler white, nagua Dark blue, red and barefooted strip with half a bundle of wheat, below(down) of His (Its) arm The Miguelito, more above(up) the tol of eggs, also between(among) his (its, her) arms The rooster gargantón. This way we advance.

On having crossed the hill Xk’ib, Already It (He, She) had happened(passed) the dawn, it was dawning; also the worst fears, According to the grandfathers, for this great hill it(he) was turning out to be great Negro sombrerón, there was eliminating many people, the travelers They were not stopped(detained).

– Already one sees better in order that It (He, She) extinguishes The ocote? – my dad asked.

– if, already one sees, extinguish it - It (He, She) answered My mom.

Already without fire to illuminate The way, we start feeling the heat of our bodies, continue advancing To come early and to sell well the things that we were bringing. My parents They began to remember. For where we were happening(passing) the dad fell ill Of my dad and my mom was chicoteada for breaking a few eggs.

For the weight of the load prefirieron To keep silent not to get tired. Silently we walk hour after hour(o'clock), before coming To Ik'al nabil to my mom the arms got tired him(her).

-Pedrito, kid ... help me Awhile with this rooster, you seize it well, you are not going to give up it for favor - me he (she) said.

I took hold to the rooster between(among) My arms, very satisfied, but suddenly it was shaken and I had fear, it I gave up totally; my mom, on having seen that the rooster was travelling between(among) The mount, rapid His (Its) load, my dad went down also, While the rooster was singing between(among) the bushes. We pursue it up to catching it.

We walk of new bill, to To come to the Ik'al na’bil, we were full of mud, you upset we were distinguishing Between(Among) the trees and bushes; my dad went forward, I Behind with my mom listening to his (its, her) moans of weariness. Also I was exhausted, it was the first time that was travelling this distance. My dad It (He, She) crossed a creek, on having seen the crystalline waters him(her) It (He, She) had a mind to drink, It (He, She) approached the shore of the creek and lowered His (Its) load, with his (its, her) hands It (He, She) took the water.

– It (He, She) lowers your load and takes a bit of It (He, She) waters down, then him(her) you give of sucking Miguelito - my dad said.

My mom did not lose Time, It (He, She) lowered His (Its) load, several times were cleaned the sweat with I muffle, It (He, She) approached the creek, washed his (its, her) hands, took water, And later the face was washed, approached my dad:

– It (He, She) lacks(is absent) to us enough, truth? Ojalá That we bandage well the things.

– since we wait for it; yes, Still(Yet) we are absent very much, woman.

I bored nothing wanted, I appear of exploding in weeping for the pain of the weariness. My parents decided To take the pozol, scarcely was lighting the Sun, the first beams were getting confused With the colors of the trees.

After drinking our(ours) Pozol, they gave me to load the net of eggs and we continue walking other hours. In Ch'ailal tojtik I gave up my first weeping. To this place already they were coming The atajadoras, who were snatching and badly they were paying the products of the travelers Indians, principally eggs and chickens, to resell them in Jobel's square(seat). We spend(pass) this first place, I was asking God that someone should come with Such of selling the tol of eggs that was going in my back, but It (He, She) had not Nobody. We continue walking. Later my dad was detained, one saw some You present, they approached him(it) and him(her) they asked:

– There is eggs, dealer? How much They cost the chickens? – my parents lowered his (its, her) charges to teach(show) them. I I was useful to sit down and to rely a bit, it yes, continued Crying. Only five cents were giving for every egg, for the pain and Weariness that we were feeling they decided to finish off His (Its) goods, sold The fat hens and the eggs.

Already It (He, She) did not want to walk, It preferred remaining sat, by then it(He, She,I) was crying incessantly, my dad he (she) said to me:

– I said to you that you should not come, because You might not walk so much, but your you wanted to come, now you have to continue; If we do not leave you with these half-caste – stronger I began to cry, I gave to my mom a pity, one spoke to me with tenderness:

– it is a lie, already we are going to come... Other one walks few kid and you will know Jobel and we are going to buy you Your sweet when we come.

I stopped crying and continued Travelled. My parents reduced a bit the weight to his (its, her) charges, already in His (Its) net They were bringing the first stingy well cents. To our step we find More buyers. To the rooster gargantón they did not want it To sell, there believed that on having come to the Jobel's central square(seat) they were going to pay A bit more.

When I saw the first houses Of the great city I did the effort to bear the weeping, already he (she) was not feeling My feet therefore pain and It (He, She) was bleeding for the fingers, to travel six leagues was too much For my eight years. One saw my parents bathed in sweat, Finally we enter to the city.

We come to Jobel's center, My parents lowered his (its, her) charges and to the rooster. Immediately several persons came To asking for the wheat, they were paying very cheaply and my dad did not want to sell. There I saw for the first time selling and travelling other aborigens With different clothes of Tenejapa, Chamula, Chenalho '. After the good one While appeared a fat old man, the buying dealer of wheat. My dad One cheered to see it, it was a mercantile assurance, the old man approached, he (she) asked.

– You bring wheat, dealer?

-Yech - said my dad - here This the triko.

-Llévalo to my house so(then,since), Already you know that I pay well.

My dad did not think it Two times, It (He, She) loaded the costal without asking how much him(her) they were going to pay, It (He, She) took me, though me to stop It (He, She) wanted, but for to know Jobel I did The effort to accompany it, us fuímos behind of the dealer For an alley in the neighborhood of the Cerrillo. In an old house of adobe And tiles measured the wheats, paid five cents to him(her) for liter of wheat, in Followed(Continued) the mercantile old man brought a sandwich for us, a few(some) doubled of Beans with eggs, I ate tastily for so many hunger, even It (He, She) wanted More; my dad did not eat, guarded the his(yours) thing to share it With my mom. When we return with her(it) they divided it and it they ate. Later I got cross for the weariness, besides they were not buying me At all since they had promised me; only It (He, She) was rolling over to seeing of a side How the half-caste children were eating, it seemed to other one that quite(everything) It (He, She) was of them, sweet, fruits were eating, them everything what they were asking were bought by them, While to me only water was doing in the mouth.

My dad said to him(her) to my Mother:

– we are going to see what we have that To buy and we take your rooster, which such that there we bandage mas rapidly.

– It (He, She) is bién, vámonos – my mom said.

We join our nets and begin To walking, to seeing the salt, the chile and other things, only asked prices. I was pulling the nagua of my mom, had very much fear of getting lost In this great city. Prices remain asked, but we were not buying At all, everything was very expensive, a missis saleswoman(selling) of pineapples(pine cones) he (she) asked for the rooster, offered a weight, but my dad wanted One weight and a half, they gave to him(her) a weight with two cents. They sold the rooster gargantón, Spoiled(Consented) of us. Us they gave a slice of pineapple(pine cone) to each one, I was glad in this moment, up to(even) one forgot the weariness and Pain of my feet, he (she) was enjoying my sandwich. Miguelito, the smallest, It (He, She) did not know anything, only they had it between(among) the arms, every time That was crying they were giving him(her) of sucking, It (He, She) was not even worrying.

We continue walking, finally We buy little salt and fruits with her(it) he (she) pays of our rooster, but It (He, She) was lacking(absent) The chile. We walk more and find chiles wooer and cheap, they asked Three, four and five measurements, now it had him(her) to pay to my dad, with The money of the eggs and the fat hens and he (she) pays her(it) of His (Its) wheat; It (He, She) began To registering His (Its) net where he (she) had guarded it, he (she) was not finding the money and It (He, She) was looking for it for all sides, good was agreing itself that he had it tied in A plastic, but It (He, She) was not appearing.

– Sigh, mine(my) God, does not go to be That already you lost! Sigh, mine(my) God, where you guarded it! Remember Well - my mom was begging(requesting).

My dad started sweating And It (He, She) continued searching, but he (she) was finding nothing, finally It (He, She) realized that it They had stolen. My mom was crying of courage, my angry dad, Nervous and worried, for so many sufferings to raise the chickens, to join The eggs, to come up to Jobel... They did not buy what they had foreseen; They had thought to buy me the first couple(par) of sandals for the effort that I did to come to Jobel, but everything was in bucket.

At eleven o'clock in the morning, Tired, sad and angry, already we did nothing. One saw my mom To walk between(among) the multitudes of the square(seat), tears of sadness were rolling him(her). My dad realized and became sadder. They decided to happen(pass) to To free his (its, her) sorrow(sentences) to the temple of Santo Domingo, to ask God for the pain Of His (Its) suffering. This way I knew the church more nice of Jobel. On having entered my parents cried very much, gave to me a pity, We kneel opposite to the altar, I was surprised on having seen the gigantic murals Gilded, the image of Santo Domingo of covered(overcast) Guzmán of flowers was getting confused With the blessed words of my parents, they were asking the quite powerful God On the pain of His (Its) sufrimineto, reflection to the person who did her(it) Evilness, which does not turn it to do because It (He, She) damages very much to the persons, that There move away the diseases of the family, of his (its, her) animals, of remembering and to respect To the mother land, to the father the Sun, at the same time the small ones were languishing Candles that we ignited.

This way, opposite to the image Of Guzmán's Santo Domingo we weep and vent the great weight of our(ours) Suffering. On having gone out we seize our nets and purses, come back to our(ours) Old woman Muk'ta's osil marries, already without load ... nothing of cents, afresh(again) We happen(pass) to take our pozol in K'uk ' tojtik.

Later we continue walking Hour after hour(o'clock) almost without speaking, remembering(reminding) the emotion of the morning When we were walking loaded as beasts. Some whiles my dad It (He, She) took me loading because I already could not, up to coming to our(ours) Humble hut at about seven o'clock in the night. Maria and It (He, She) Was Shining, to To see that we were approaching they became very satisfied, up to the putting of The Sun they had been done to the idea of everything what we would take them, But they saw our suffering. My mom crying It (He, She) explained to them The happened, the girls also became very sad. We come Falling down of weariness and with sadness that was consuming us Soul. Scarcely we ate a little my mom and I and fuímos to going to bed; My dad decided to rest without taking food, only he (she) was wondering Likewise, for what poor they suffer more, ¿ It (He, She) will be That God like that wants?